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Pomo, Kashaya Other, Sacred Items Plant very sacred to the Kashaya Pomo because of it's ceremonial uses. Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 90 |
| Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. California Laurel USDA UMCAC |
Tolowa Food, Fruit Fruit shelled, roasted and eaten. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 59 |
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Yuki Drug, Analgesic Crushed leaves inhaled for headaches. Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 47 |
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Yuki Drug, Analgesic Poultice of crushed leaves applied as compress for headaches. Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 43 |
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Yuki Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Decoction of leaves used as wash for rheumatism. Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 43 |
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Yuki Drug, Respiratory Aid Crushed leaves inhaled to open the nasal passages. Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 47 |
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Yuki Food, Unspecified Nuts roasted in hot ashes, cracked and eaten. Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 87 |
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Yuki Food, Unspecified Species used for food. Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... I. Historical Review and Medicinal Plants, The Masterkey 31:40-48, page 47 |
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Yuki Other, Insecticide Leafy branches used for fleas. Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 91 |
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Yurok Drug, Unspecified Plant used for medicinal purposes. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 59 |
| Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. California Laurel USDA UMCAC |
Yurok Food, Fruit Fruit used for food. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 59 |
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Yurok Food, Unspecified Seeds baked in the sand under a fire and used for food. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 59 |
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Yurok Other, Good Luck Charm Leaves burned, to take bad luck away, in the house or the smoke waved over people as they leave. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 59 |
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Yurok Other, Insecticide Plant put under the bed to rid it of fleas. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 59 |